In the Weybridge Village area of our town, we have two buildings, owned by the town, and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places that have been underutilized or vacant for most of the last two decades. The restoration of the Town Hall and Library as well as the development of gathering space for community members were the top concerns of town members in recent surveys, so the town dedicated some of the federal ARPA funds to assessments of these buildings, and feasibility studies of how they might be improved for use in the future.

Results of these studies were brought to the town during a community meeting in November of 2024.

A community discussion was planned for June (2025), but a heat wave made it unwise for us to meet in our un-air-conditioned space, so that meeting was postponed to September 2025. In the meantime, we offer a recorded version of a presentation below. 

Video Presentation
Vermont Integrated Architecture (VIA), recorded on July 15, 2025

As a part of their work for our town, VIA created a 3D scan of each building.

Cotton Free Library Scan

Weybridge Town Hall Scan

In the video presentation above, VIA offers four possible Site Plan Concepts for the town buildings.

 
 

After the above concepts were presented at a town gathering on September 22, 2025, community members broke into small discussion groups. Notes from those discussions can be found here.